Container



Jan. 16, 1934. J GAlSMAN 1,944,075

CONTAINER Filed May 20. 1951 'IIIIIIIIIIIIIIJ VIIIIIIIIIIIIIII- 1INVENTOR flanzyf awman ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 16, 1934 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE 13 Claims.

An object of my invention is to provide simple and efficient means toretain a series or plurality of separate articles, in a relatively smallcompass, in such a Way thatany of the articles may 5 be readily removedwithout removing any of the remaining articles, a protecting casingbeing provided in which to store the articles until ready forwithdrawal.

In carrying out my invention, I provide a casing and a retainer for thearticles movable into and from the casing, said retainer having means topermit the articles to be removed, if desired,

and to keep the remaining articles in snug or secure relation within theretainer, and means to keep the retainer within the casing for storageof the articles.

My invention also comprises novel details of improvement that will bemore fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing in which:-

Fig. 1 is a partly broken side view of my container, showing the partsassembled for storage or transportation;

Fig. 2 is aside view illustrating the retainer for the articles inexposed position for removal of one or more articles therefrom;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section through part of Fig. 2;

Fig. 3a is an enlarged sectional detail of part of Fig. 3;

v Fig. 4 is a section on line 4, 4, in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4a is an enlarged detail section of part of Fig. 4;

Fig. 5 is a section on line 5, 5, in Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 is a section on line 6, 6, in Fig. 3; and

Fig. 7 is a sectional detail of part of Fig. 3.

Similar numerals indicate corresponding parts of the several views.

My improved container includes a suitable casing or shell 1, which maybe in tubular form and made of suitable material, such as metal, and at2 is a retainer slidable telescopically into and from the casing. Theretainer is adapted to contain 45 bottles, jars, or other packages ofgoods 3, such as medicines, cosmetics, powders and the like,particularly adapted for medicinal or toilet uses.

The retainer includes means to permit ready removal of one or more ofthe articles 3 without the removal of the remaining articles.

arranged in circular relation, and connected atopposite ends by means ofdisks or heads B and 6.

Wires or rods 4 are sufiiciently resilient to permit them to bend toenable a package 3 to be withdrawn from between two of the rods. Theends of the rods 4 are shown provided with reduced portions at 4alocated in slots 5a, radially disposed in the disks 5 and 6, the rodshaving heads at 7 and shoulders at 8 as stop means on opposite sides ofthe adjacent disk, whereby the rods are loosely connected with the disksto enable the rods to move a limited distance in a lateral direction.

The disk 5 is of sufficient diameter to permit it to slide within and beguided by the casing 1, and. the rods 4 are so spaced that they mayslide into and out of the casing with said disk. The disk 6 is alsoadapted to enter the casing at its open outer end when the retainer ispushed into the casing for storage. A ring-like stop 9 is secured at theopen end of the casing after the disk 5 has been inserted into thecasing, serving as an abutment. for said disk to limit its outwardmovement and to permit the retainer to hang from the casing, asillustrated in Fig. 3. To keep the retainer detachably within thecasing, I provide a nut 10 which is rotatively attached to the disk 6and provided with threads at 11 to engage threads at 12 at the open endof the easing, the threads 12 being shown formed in the stop or abutmentring 9. The nut 10 is journaled upon a stud 12 that may be riveted tothe disk 6, and isprovided with a head 13, preferably in a counter-sinkor recess 14 in the outer surface of the nut, whereby, when the retaineris enteredinto the casing, the nut may be screwed to the part 9 to keepthe retainer in position in the casing. By preference a coiled spring 15encircles the stud 12 and is located between the disk 6 and the nut 10,serving as a resilient seat for the-retainer when the latter is withinthe casing. When the retainer is pulled out of the casing the nut willhang on the projecting stud 12.

To keep the rods or wires 4 from undue expansion, to avoid the tendencyof the articles or packages 3 to spontaneously spread the wires andbecome released, I provide a ring 16 that encircles the rods 4 and isadjustable along said rods. The ring 16 is preferably split and maderesilient, of suitable spring metal, tending to inwardly grip the rodswhereby to remain in a set position. The ring 16 may be set along therods 4 in a desired position to stiffen them, both above and below thecenter to resist their outward spring tendency, and when the ring ismoved to a suitable distance from an article the rods will havesufiicient freedom to bend outwardly when the article is pushed orpulled from between adjacent rods.

To keep the articles 3 within the retainer in an end-to-end contactingrelation, I provide a stop member 17 that is fitted on and adapted toslide along the rods 4, said stop member being shown provided withinwardly extending means, such as one or more fingers 18, that areadapted to engage an article or package 3 at the inner end of the pileof packages. The stop member 17 is preferably made in the form of aspring like ring of suitable resilient metal and split at 19, having aninward spring tendency to grip the,

rods 4 to remain in set position on said rods and resist the tendency ofthe packages 3 to slide inwardly with respect to the casing.

To place articles 3 within the retainer, thering 16 and the stop member17 may be moved toward opposite ends of the retainer, as indicated infull and dotted lines, respectively, in Fig. 2, when the retainer hasbeen drawn out of the casing, whereby the articles 3 may be pushedbetween the rods 4, and the stop member 17 may be set against anadjacent article 3 as in Figs. 1 and 2. The ring 16 may be adjustedalong the rods 4 to a suitable position to resist outward movement ofsaid rods by any of the articles 3. After the retainer has been chargedwith desired articles, it may be pushed into the container and fastenedtherein by means of the nut 10 which will be screwed against the part9.When it is desired to remove one or more articles from the container,the nut 10 will be unscrewed and the retainer may be pulled out from thecasing, as illustrated in Fig. 3, so that it may depend from the casing.I have illustrated the casing 1 as provided with means to suspend itfrom a suitable support, such as a hook 20 attached to the upper closedend 21 of the casing. By moving the ring 16 along the retainer to adesired position, its resistance against the rods 4 will be reduced toenable a desired article or package 3 to be pushed or pulled frombetween the rods. When an article 3 has been removed from the retainer,the remaining articles may be snugged together in end-wise manner andthe stop member 1'7 may be set against the innermost article, asillustrated in Fig. 2, to keep articles from sliding in the retainer.

Having now described my invention what I claim is 1. A containercomprising a casing, a retainer for articles movable into and from thecasing, and means to detachably keep the retainer within the casing,said retainer comprising annularly disposed flexible members providing aspace within for articles and means at opposite ends of the members toretain them in relative positions,

3. A container comprising a casing, a retainer for articles movable intoand from the casing, said retainer comprising laterally movable membersproviding a space to receive articles therebetween, means to detachablykeep the retainer within the casing, said retainer including means todetachably retain articles therein, and a stop member adjustable alongthe members of the retainer to engage articles therein.

4; A container comprising a casing, a retainer movable into and from thecasing, the retainer including spaced rods to receive and retainarticles therebetween and means at opposite ends of the rods to keepthem in spaced relation, and means to detachably keep the retainerwithin the casing.

5 A container as set forth in claim 4 provided with a ring mounted onand adjustable along the rods.

6. A container as set forth in claim 4 provided with a ring mounted onand adjustable along the rods, said ring being split and resilient.

7. A container as set forth in claim 4 provided with an abutment stopmounted on and adjust-' able along the rods, said stop being providedwith means to engage an article within the retainer.

8. A container as set forth in claim 4 provided with an abutment stopmounted on and adjustable along the rods, said abutment stop beingprovided with a finger to engage an article within the retainer.

9. A container comprising a casing, a retainer movable into and from thecasing, said retainer including spaced rods, disks attached to the endsof the rods, and means to detachably keep the retainer within thecasing.

10. A container as set forth in claim 9 in which the disks have slotsand the rods have reduced portions movable in said slots, the rods beingprovided with stop means on opposite sides of the disks to retain thelatter in connection with the rods.

11. A container comprising a casing having an open end, a ring at saidopen end of the casing, a retainer slidable into and from the container,said container comprising spaced rods and disks attached to the rods,one of the disks being adapted to rest against said'ring to suspend there tainer from the casing, and means to detachably keep the retainerwithin the casing.

12. A container as set forth in claim 11 in which the retainer isprovided at its outer end with a nut rotatively carried by the retainer,the casing having means to cooperate with the nut to keep the retainerwithin the casing.

13. A container comprising a casing having an open end, a retainerslidable into and from the casing, said retainer having a stud at itsouter end and a nut journaled on the stud, and a spring interposedbetween the retainer and the nut, the container and the nut havingcooperative means to detachably keep the retainer within the casing.

HENRY J. GAISMAN.

